Predicted to enable DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific and RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in forebrain neuron development and regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Predicted to act upstream of or within animal organ development and learning or memory. Predicted to be located in female germ cell nucleus. Predicted to be active in nucleus. Orthologous to human LHX8 (LIM homeobox 8). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]